“Prof. Collins cannot be charged with an excess of enthusiasm in this venture. There are signs of weariness in the attempt to correct and improve upon his predecessors.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 471. Ap. 21. 1740w.
“In fulness and accuracy it is, as it should be, up to the level which has long been required in the case of the Greek and Latin classics, and, we might add also, in the case of writers of the mediaeval period. The notes especially are replete with learning.”
+ + Nation. 82: 410. My. 17, ’06. 2240w.
“It is pleasant to be able to welcome the ‘Greene’ of Prof. Churton Collins as a worthy companion to the ‘Kyd’ of Prof. Boas.” Brander Matthews.
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 222. Ap. 7, ’06. 1590w.
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+ + Sat. R. 101: 261. Mr. 3, ’06. 1990w. + + – Spec. 96: 537. Ap. 7, ’06. 1200w.
Greene, Sarah P. McLean. Power Lot. †$1.50. Baker.
Power Lot, God Help Us is the full name of this bleak little Nova Scotia hamlet, and the story of its people as Captain Jim, a sailor on the Bay of Fundy, tells it, is quaint and very human. The main plot, concerns Robert Hilton, a dissolute youth who has been wasting his inherited wealth in New York and who is marooned by the family doctor upon these windswept cliffs, and Mary, the girl whom Captain Jim himself loved but could not win. The regeneration of Robert thru work and right living finally brings out his real character and makes him worthy of both Mary and his great wealth, and to show how this is accomplished the rugged life of the coast inhabitants and their constant fight against poverty is pictured with sympathy and humor.